Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Significance: A fine pink granite building with Renaissance detailing. Design chosen by Napoleon le Brun in a competition. Myers, the architect, also designed the capitol of Michigan, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-149

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-217

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1717

Survey number: HABS TX-3326

Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000770

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1933 - 1970

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